The Institute of Contemporary Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Marina Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936. Since then it has gone through multiple name changes as well as moving its galleries and support spaces over 13 times. Its current home was built in 2006 in the South Boston Seaport District and designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
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Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q3152226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 25 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marina Park: 0.1 mi
- Seaport Common: 0.1 mi
- Harbour Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Fan Pier Harborwalk: 0.2 mi
- Sea Green: 0.2 mi
- Boston Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Boston Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum: 0.4 mi
- Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions Boston: 0.7 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 0.4 mi
- The Eleanor: 0.4 mi
- The Beaver: 0.4 mi
- Boston Wharf Co. Sign: 0.4 mi
- New England Aquarium Whale Watching: 0.6 mi
- Evelyn F. Moakley Bridge Plaque: 0.4 mi
- Ted Williams Tunnel: 0.5 mi
- Graphic Arts Building: 0.5 mi
- Washington Monument: 0.6 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.7 mi
- Untitled Landscape: 0.5 mi
- Ab Initio: 0.6 mi
- Red Line Ball: 0.6 mi
- Color Commons: 0.6 mi
- "The Creature Pond" Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Rose Kennedy Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 1.0 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 1.0 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 1.0 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.0 mi
- Copps Hill: 1.2 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.2 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 1.7 mi
- Corinha Beach: 3.3 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 3.8 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 3.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.2 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 2.9 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 3.1 mi
- 140 Highland St: 3.2 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 3.6 mi
- Pererea Point: 3.1 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.0 mi
- Moon Head: 4.3 mi
- West Head: 4.5 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.1 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.9 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Boathouse: 7.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 7.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 8.0 mi
- Rainshed: 8.0 mi
- Boston Light: 8.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 23.1 mi
- Haywardville: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of The Institute of Contemporary Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 250° | 100 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Walley | WSW 238° | 91 m | 5.7 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 233° | 89 m | 5.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 256° | 86 m | 6.3 mi |
| Boojum Rock | NNW 341° | 83 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fisher Hill | WSW 252° | 81 m | 5.2 mi |
| Corey Hill | W 261° | 80 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | NNW 343° | 76 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 1 mi
- Boston/North End · 1 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 1 mi
- Greater Boston · 1 mi
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